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view Abstract Citations (18) References (29) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Binary Merging: The Other Mode of Galaxy Evolution Cavaliere, A. ; Menci, N. Abstract We discuss the mode of galaxy evolution based on merging after binary encounters, complementary to the mode based on direct hierarchical collapses. We show that the merging-driven mode produces, mainly by dynamical evolution, a local Schechter-like luminosity function starting at z ~ 2 from a steep mass distribution like Press & Schechter's. Such evolution inside galaxy systems provides a quantitative estimate of the Butcher-Oemler effect and yields an excess of faint blue galaxy counts like that observed. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: April 1993 DOI: 10.1086/186793 Bibcode: 1993ApJ...407L...9C Keywords: Cosmology; Galactic Evolution; Galactic Mass; Mass Distribution; Stellar Luminosity; Galactic Clusters; Galactic Structure; Gravitational Collapse; Star Distribution; Astrophysics; COSMOLOGY: THEORY; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: FORMATION full text sources ADS |
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